Reviews

Oyindamola Olofinlua, an English Literature student of Obafemi Awolowo University shares his top picks of the season.

BOOK: BY THE LIGHT OF MY FATHER’S SMILE by Alice Walker

It is a nexus which touches on various aspects of human existence. Presenting the Mundos as the ideal, it gives a backing to Sigmund Freud’s postulation that human problems originate from the suppression of sexual desires. It depicts how hypocritical religion could be and reveals the roles the dead could play in the activities of the living. Above all, everything is given under the umbrella of feminism.

CINEMA: CLASH OF THE TITANS

So loving is the god, Zeus, the creator of humans that he comes down in the form of man to mate with an earthly queen. This union begets a son, Persius. Humans, at this time, no longer believed and prayed to their creator. Persius will eventually fill the gap of hatred that has crept into the hearts of humans but he has to admit that he is a demi-God before confronting the evil that will send humans into total damnation.

MUSIC: RUN THIS TOWN
“Run this town” starring Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West. The video contains occult symbols relating to secret societies which has strengthened the rumour that Jay-Z belongs to a secret society, probably Freemasonry. Performing in front of an angry mob that is out to overthrow the current order of things, Kanye and Jay-Z flaunt their wealth through their rap. Despite appearing like Che Guevara, they are in no way revolutionary!

MOVIE: 2012

“2012” is a movie about the end of the world as predicted by the Mayans. The predicted date is December 21, 2012, a date almost coincidental with the winter solstices sun—an event that has been anticipated for thousands of years. Definitely, something tragically dramatic will happen but will not cause the world’s end. The movie researchers and producers only exaggerated the Mayan predictions. The end of the Mayan calendar is not the end world’s end.

Culled from Aspire June 2010.